Greetings to the servants of the most high God,

The excitement builds here in Los Alamos as the Spirit melds us together in love and union for the cause of Christ. The church will be finished on time! Roger Hatch who works for Maranatha is very impressed with how well we have done, we are ahead of schedule even without working on Sundays as most teams do. Our lines are true and the building is sound. The bond beams have been poured and now we will need just one more row of brick put on top of that. The children with our team have done an exceptional job helping this building go up. The roof has already been started and will be finished on time tomorrow. We not only will be having the first Sabbath service in the new church but will also be having the first baptism thanks to the work of Pastor Rigo. The baptismal will not be ready to be filled so we must use other arrangements for that but that truly will be “no problemo”.

There are about 35 Adventist brethren who need dental work done and were not able to be fit in with the huge crowds we have had the last couple of days. Not wanting to leave the brethren lacking of our service the dental team will be working missions of mercy for them on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Our doctors and nurses have also decided to work Saturday afternoon at the nursing home. The residents there are not able to get out for care and only see a doctor under emergency situations. Ours team will be refreshed by breezes from angel wings I am sure.

At this point in our mission work we are always doing double duty and as we labor to bless all that we can. Our folks are falling into to bed after the meetings and are asleep before their head hit’s the bed. Some not even taking time to pull up the lovely Mapuche blankets that have been put out for our use. But due to the huge drop in temps during the night we usually manage to wake up long enough to find that blanket.

To all of you who have never had the experience of doing a mission trip let me encourage you at this point. The work is hard and it is fun, the friendships and unity that is made in these 2 weeks will last you through eternity. But most of all you will come back changed through and through. You will never look at the world in the same way again and you will also get to see just a glimpse of what Jesus sees when He looks at His little children. You will never feel lacking no matter what your situation at home may be for you will forever feel rich and blessed.

Today at the medical clinic we had 2 ladies faint, causing some stir. One was surely due to hunger. Also a very funny thing took place there today. On interviewing one of the prospective patients one of our translators came up with the man saying he needed to be shot! Now had he been an American we could have understood him saying “just shoot me” and figure he was really having a bad day. It took a little doing before we realized he didn’t want to be shot but actually needed a shot (injection) of insulin. These little happenings in translation problems are always funny and give us that need be chuckle to get things lightened up. Sort of like Bob ordering horses and carts and having oxen show up.

Tonight we had the Professor of English from our University which is 4 hours away come and join us for dinner. He was in desperate need of English Bibles for his class and was hoping to buy some. Well wasn’t he surprised and happy to find out that we had just what he needed and were willing to donate them to the school. We have had many people donate money towards Bibles for this trip and we thank you so much as the Lord is using them to go to the right people at the right time. Pastor Rigo is handing out the Spanish Bibles each night as an incentive for bringing a friend or knowing a certain Bible verse. Tonight’s sermon will be on the need for Baptism. He has already had folks come to him last night requesting it before it was even preached. The Lord’s Spirit is dwelling over that little wooden church as he speaks to His people.

The total for our clinics today was 379, breaking down to glasses at 205, dental at 58 and medical at 118.

To God be the glory, great things He has done.

Continue to pray for us and our safety and also for all the souls that are being moved to come to Jesus. We are almost home! “Joy comes in the morning, weeping only last for the night”

Because He lives I smile across the miles to you,

Jennifer Young Mission Reporter